FAIRMol

MK179

Pose ID 9111 Compound 767 Pose 303

DB SELECTIONDocking pose analysis is being read from this database.
Molecular metrics status: done
RDKit SASA-based burial metrics are cached.
SASA cached
T14
T. brucei ODC (G418 binding site) T. brucei G418 binding site
Ligand MK179
PDB1NJJ

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Strict H-bonds Permissive H-bonds
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Protein receptor
Pocket residues
Cofactor context
Docked ligand
Overall assessment
Reject SASA cached
Likely artefact or unreliable pose
Binding strong Geometry high Native mixed SASA done
Strain ΔE
26.2 kcal/mol
Protein clashes
2
Internal clashes
2
Native overlap
contact recall 0.53, Jaccard 0.42, H-bond role recall 0.00
Burial
72%
Hydrophobic fit
63%
Reason: no major geometry red flags detected
2 protein-contact clashes 75% of hydrophobic surface is solvent-exposed (15/20 atoms). Large non-polar area without protein contacts incurs a desolvation penalty and will reduce binding affinity. Consider truncating or replacing the exposed fragment.
Molecular report
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Reject Multiple quality flags — this pose should be deprioritised or discarded.
✓ Excellent LE (-0.594 kcal/mol/HA) ✓ Good fit quality (FQ -5.73) ✓ Good H-bonds (3 bonds) ✓ Deep burial (72% SASA buried) ✓ Lipophilic contacts well-matched (63%) ✗ High strain energy (26.2 kcal/mol) ✗ Geometry warnings ✗ Protein-contact clashes (6) ✗ Many internal clashes (10)
Score
-17.813
kcal/mol
LE
-0.594
kcal/mol/HA
Fit Quality
-5.73
FQ (Leeson)
HAC
30
heavy atoms
MW
457
Da
LogP
4.07
cLogP
Strain ΔE
26.2 kcal/mol
SASA buried
72%
Lipo contact
63% BSA apolar/total
SASA unbound
692 Ų
Apolar buried
313 Ų

Interaction summary

HB 3 HY 2 PI 0 CLASH 2 ⚠ Exposure 75%
🚨Solvent-exposed hydrophobic surface — desolvation penalty likely
75% of hydrophobic surface is solvent-exposed (15/20 atoms). Large non-polar area without protein contacts incurs a desolvation penalty and will reduce binding affinity. Consider truncating or replacing the exposed fragment.
Non-polar atoms 20 Buried (contacted) 5 Exposed 15 LogP 4.07 H-bonds 3
Exposed fragments: phenyl (3/5 atoms exposed)phenyl (6/6 atoms exposed)phenyl (4/6 atoms exposed)aliphatic chain/group (2 atoms exposed)
Final rank1.435Score-17.813
Inter norm-0.831Intra norm0.238
Top1000noExcludedno
Contacts12H-bonds3
Artifact reasongeometry warning; 10 clashes; 6 protein contact clashes; moderate strain Δ 26.2
Residues
ARG242 ARG337 ARG50 ASP243 ASP385 ASP47 GLU384 LEU339 PHE383 SER282 THR241 VAL336

Protein summary

398 residues
Protein targetT14Atoms6140
Residues398Chains1
Residue summaryVAL:592; LEU:513; LYS:484; ARG:432; PHE:420; ILE:418; ASP:349; THR:322; TYR:315; PRO:308; GLU:301; ALA:290; SER:253; GLY:217; ASN:210; GLN:170

Receptor context

1 kept / 0 excluded
Receptor context filtering: interactions and SASA are computed against protein atoms plus allowed cofactors/ions. Native ligand-like HETATM partners are excluded from scoring.
Kept context 1 Excluded HETATM 0
Kept cofactors / ions
A:ORX602

Native ligand reference

★ reference
Interaction fingerprint calculated directly from the uploaded native ligand without docking. Current H-bond mode: strict.
Name1NJJContacts15
PoseOpen native poseHB0
IFP residues
ARG22 ARG242 ARG337 ARG342 ASP243 ASP385 GLN341 GLU384 LEU25 LEU339 LEU382 PRO340 PRO344 SER282 THR241
Current overlap8Native recall0.53
Jaccard0.42RMSD-
HB strict0Strict recall0.00
HB same residue+role0HB role recall0.00
HB same residue2HB residue recall0.40

HB · H-bonds

Mode: strict. Count shows atom-level H-bonds; unique residues in summary: 0.

PI · π–π interactions

No pi · π–π interactions detected for this pose.

HY · Hydrophobic contacts

CLASH · Clashes

All stored poses for this docking hit

PoseFinal rankInter normScoreHBCTCT overlapCT recallHB role rec.RMSDExcluded
317 1.2591950220038957 -0.929606 -25.0038 5 18 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
303 1.4349598201931029 -0.831348 -17.8132 3 12 8 0.53 0.00 - no Current
318 1.4799198755601055 -0.914004 -26.8537 3 19 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
279 2.1393849350164285 -0.81219 -23.0963 10 16 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
386 2.9618795076248428 -0.838018 -21.3376 5 15 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
199 4.964385884425539 -0.94066 -29.9543 8 17 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open

Molecular metrics

RDKit SASA burial, strain energy (MMFF94s), ligand efficiency and fit quality for this docking pose.
✓ Metrics available

Scoring & efficiency

Docking score -17.813kcal/mol
Ligand efficiency (LE) -0.5938kcal/mol/HA
Score / heavy atom count
Fit quality (FQ) -5.728
LE / (0.072 + 0.95/HAC) — Leeson & Springthorpe
Heavy atom count 30HA

Physicochemical properties

Molecular weight 456.6Da
Lipinski: ≤ 500 Da
LogP (cLogP) 4.07
Lipinski: ≤ 5
Rotatable bonds 6

Conformational strain (MMFF94s)

Strain energy (ΔE) 26.23kcal/mol
< 5 good · 5–10 marginal · > 10 problematic
Docked FF energy 56.59kcal/mol
Minimised FF energy 30.36kcal/mol

SASA & burial

✓ computed
SASA (unbound) 692.2Ų
Total solvent-accessible surface area of free ligand
BSA total 497.4Ų
Buried surface area upon binding
BSA apolar 313.5Ų
Hydrophobic contacts buried
BSA polar 183.9Ų
Polar contacts buried
Fraction buried 71.9%
> 60 % indicates good pocket engagement
Lipophilic contact ratio 63.0%
BSA apolar / BSA total — high = hydrophobic driver
Δ Non-polar SASA -2415.7Ų
SASA_nonpolar(complex) − SASA_nonpolar(receptor) − SASA_nonpolar(ligand free). Negative = non-polar surface buried upon binding. Requires full polarity-decomposed SASA computation.
Receptor non-polar SASA 3349.0Ų
Non-polar SASA of receptor alone (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)
Complex non-polar SASA 1378.0Ų
Non-polar SASA of full complex (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)